Ightham, St Peter
Photo: Richard Offen, 2006 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Received 1937) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 3-2-18 | 3-2-18 | 25¼" | F♯ | 1888 | John Warner & Sons | Conventional | 1937 John Taylor & Co | |
® | 2 | 3-3-5 | 3-3-5 | 27" | E | 1926 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1937 John Taylor & Co | |
® | 3 | 4-0-6 | 4-0-8 | 27¼" | D | John Walgrave, London | Conventional | 1937 John Taylor & Co | ||
® | 4 | 5-1-0 | 5-1-1 | 29½" | C♯ | John Walgrave, London | Conventional | 1937 John Taylor & Co | ||
® | 5 | 5-3-24 | 6-0-10 | 32½" | B | 1789 | William & Thomas Mears, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1937 John Taylor & Co | |
® | Tenor | 7-0-22 | 6-2-9 | 33½" | A | 1937 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Flat | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | Teak |
Inscriptions |
Earlier bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Quoted prior to 1926) | (Received 1937) | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Tenor | 6-2-9 | 7-0-7 | 1620 | John Wilnar | Never | Recast 1937. Supplied 7-0-7 M&S. 6-2-9 scrapping weight. | ||
2nd (of 6) | 3-3-5 | 3-2-6 | 1732 | Richard Phelps | Never | Recast 1926. |
History |
1552 | Record of 3 bells. [1] | ||
1620 | Tenor recast or added by John Wilnar. | ||
1732 | Treble (of 5) recast or added by Richard Phelps. | ||
1789 | 4th (of 5) recast. | ||
1888 | Treble added by John Warner to make 6. | ||
1925 | Record of Gillett & Johnston inspecting the bells. | ||
1926 | 2nd recast by Mears & Stainbank. The cracked tenor was welded (presumably by Barrimar). Its canons and cast in staple were removed by Mears, and the bell was rehung. All the bells were retuned. | ||
1937 | The tenor became cracked again, which did not please the church, so they had it recast by John Taylor, who retuned ALL the bells again! |
[1] | Item iij bolls (? bells). (Edwardian Inventory, 1552) |
Elsewhere in the Parish |
Ightham, Ightham Mote Single bell |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |